The ground which receded from the river was scooped into valleys and dales.

Its beauties were enhanced by the horticultural skill of my brother, who bedecked this exquisite assemblage of slopes and risings with every species of vegetable ornament, from the giant arms of the oak to the clustering tendrils of the honey-suckle.
To screen him from the unwholesome airs of his own residence, it had been proposed to Pleyel to spend the months of spring with us.

He had apparently acquiesced in this proposal; but the late event induced him to change his purpose.

He was only to be seen by visiting him in his retirements.

His gaiety had flown, and every passion was absorbed in eagerness to procure tidings from Saxony.